Queen unveils cutting-edge egg facility at Stonegate
Her Majesty the Queen has officially opened Stonegate Farmers' new headquarters, a cutting-edge facility for packing free-range and organic eggs. During the visit, the Queen observed production from a viewing gallery and met with staff from various departments. She concluded the engagement by unveiling a plaque to mark the official opening. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:30You're helping out here too?
00:32Yes.
00:33This is where it all happens.
00:39This is where we track and grade all of our first positives.
00:44Are they all different sizes?
00:46Or are they all parts of the covers?
00:49They're kind of different breeds.
00:51And that's how we add value to what is really a commodity statement.
00:54There's quite a lot of them turned up today actually.
00:58Hello.
01:00So you're here all the time.
01:04This is the kind of fixture that we would manage in the supermarkets.
01:07We're responsible for packaging them up in different ways.
01:10Oh, I see.
01:12You'd be surprised actually how popular these are.
01:15Are they?
01:16Yes.
01:18But these are traditional breeds.
01:20So we've got an Araucana, a Moran,
01:24a what we call a Longstock Gold, and a White Neck Horse.
01:29A range of Scotch Eggs for people like Fortnum and Mason.
01:34We're trying our hand with some muffins for Starbucks and the like.
01:38These are Crispy Quail's Eggs with different coatings.
01:42They're actually a dessert.
01:44They're a dessert.
01:49That's for sure.
01:51That's actually a thank you to Lee who actually prepared them for us today.
02:10It's a shame to say that living down the road,
02:13I've passed this thousands of times,
02:16and I'm still not quite sure what went on inside.
02:19But I know where all these delicious eggs and I daily come from.
02:25Also, the joy of seeing the elephants for my brother's charity.
02:31It's lovely to have them on my doorstep.
02:34So I was thrilled to come here today and meet you all.
02:37So thank you all very much.
02:39APPLAUSE